Bottle or other vessel



(No Model.)

, E. ANDERSON.

BOTTLE OR OTHER VESSEL.

No. 580,567. Patented Apr. 13,1897.

INVE/VTUR WITNESSES:

ATTOBNEYW.

ELIS ANDERSON, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

BOTTLE OR OTHER VESSEL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 580,567, dated April13, 1897.

Application filed October 9,1895.

To ttZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ELIs ANDERSON, acitizen of the United States, and aresident of Brooklyn, county of Kings, and State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Bottles or otherVessels, of which the following is a specification, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, forming part thereof, in which similarletters of reference indicate corresponding parts. 7

This invention relates to bottles, jugs, jars, and similar vessels, andthe object thereof is to provide a vessel of this class which havingbeen once filled and emptied of its contents cannot be refilled orreused. This object I accomplish by means of an automatic valve and anon removable stopper which are secured in the neck of the bottle afterit has been filled; and the invention consists in the construction,combination, and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings forming part of this application I have shownmyinventionapplied to a bottle, and said invention is fully disclosed inthe following specification, of which the accompanying drawings form apart, in which-- Figure l is a central vertical section of the upperpart of a bottle and the neck thereof, showing also my improvement; Fig.2, a plan view of a partition-plate which Iemploy Fig. 3, a transversesection thereof, and Fig. 4 a side view of the valve which I employinconnection with the partition-plate.

In the practice of my invention I provide a bottle A, having a neck B,the walls of which are preferably inclined inwardly and downwardly, asclearly shown in Fig. 1, and formed within the inner walls of the neck,preferably near the bottom thereof, is an annular groove G. Securedwithin said annular groove 0 is a partition-plate D, which is annular inform and provided around its periphery with an annular ring d, of rubberor similar material, and said partition-plate D is provided with acentral opening E, and formed around said opening E, in the upper partof the plate, is an annular enlargement or recess F, and formed in aportion of the partition-plate D below said annular enlargement orrecess F are vertical openings G. I

Serial No. 565,099. No model.)

also employ an automatic valve comprising a circular plate II, which isadapted to fit within the annular enlargement or recess F in the plateD, said Valve H being provided on its upper surface with an annularflange or rim h and on its lower surface with two depending rods h, tothe lower end of each of which is secured a weight or ball h Securedwithin the neck of the bottle above the partition-plate and valve is astopper or plug K, which is preferably composed of glass, but which maybe composed of any desired material, and said stopper or plug isprovided with a tortuous or winding passage is, which opens at the top,and preferably at or about the center of the plug or stopper, and alsopreferably at or about the center of the bottom thereof.

The plate D and the valve H, together with the rods h and the weights orballs h connected therewith, may be made of any desired material, and ifmade of metal they should be made of such metal as will not corrode orbe injuriously affected by fluids or acids.

It will be understood that the bottle must i be first filled before theplate D, with the attached valve, and also the are applied, and thebottle A having been thus filled with the desired contents the plate D,with the valve H, connected therewith, is forced into position, as shownin Fig. 1, after which the plug or stopper K is secured in place in anydesired manner, and the neck or nozzle of the bottle may then be closedby the usual cork or stopper.

WVhen it is desired to empty the bottle, it is only necessary to removethe cork or stopper and invert or tilt the bottle, when the contentsthereof will flow out around the valve I-I, said valve being forced fromits seat by the action of gravity and the pressure of the fluids withinthe bottle, and said fluids will flow through the Winding or tortuouspassage k in the plug or stopper K, as will be readily understood, andthisoperation may be continued or repeated until the bottle is entirelyempty.

If an attempt be made to refill the bottle by pouring liquids into theneck thereof, the valve H will be at once reseated and no liquids canenter the bottle, and this operation plug or stopper K,-

of the valve will be the same in any position in which the bottle can beheld in an attempt to pour liquids thereinto. I may also preferably makethe valve H of cork or similar material, in which event it will serve asa flat valve and prevent the forcing of liquids into the bottle.

It will be understood that the rods 71 serve to control and guide themovement of the valve, and the construction and arrangement of thevarious parts are such that said valve will not rest upon the lower endof the plug or stopper K when the valve is inverted.

My invention is not limited to the exact form, construction, andarrangement of the various parts shown and described, and I thereforereserve the right to make all such alterations therein and modificationsthereof as fairly come within the scope of the invention.

Having fully described my invention, I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent 1. A bottle having a neck with inwardly and downwardlyinclined walls, and provided with an annular groove near its lower end,a disk adapted to be sprung into said groove and having a centralopening with a recess on its upper wall, a valve adapted to be seated insaid recess and having a flanged rim seated on the top of said disk andprovided with weighted rods working in openings in said disk, and astopper inserted in said neck above said disk and having a tortuouspassage therethrough, said parts being combined substantially asdescribed:

2. The combination with a bottle having a neck with inwardly anddownwardly inclined walls, and near its enlargement into the body of thebottle provided with an annular groove; and adapted to fit within saidgroove a disk having upon its periphery a rubber ring and said diskprovided with a central aperture with an annular enlargement upon theupper surface encircling said aperture, and two smaller aperturesdiametrically opposite each other also through said disk, and above saiddisk another and smaller disk adapted to fit into and constitute a valvewithin the enlargement encircling the larger aperture, and said smallerdisk provided with two dependin g rods adapted to pass through saidsmaller apertures in the larger disk and weighted upon their lower ends;and above the valve so formed and described a stopper provided with atortuous aperture with the ends of same in vertical alinement and saidstopper adapted to fit within and be sealed to the neck of the bottlesubstantially as shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed myname, in presence of the subscribing witnesses, this 5th day of October,1895.

ELIS ANDERSON. lVitnesses:

CHAS. S. ANDERSON, CARL ANDERSON.

